Pitts, V. 2014. Contestations of Intercultural Collaboration: the Case of Whale Rider. in: Nagib, L. and Jerslev, A. (ed.) Impure Cinema: Intermedial and Intercultural Approaches to Film New York; London I.B. Tauris. pp. 43-65
| Chapter title | Contestations of Intercultural Collaboration: the Case of Whale Rider |
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| Authors | Pitts, V. |
| Editors | Nagib, L. and Jerslev, A. |
| Abstract | In traditional Māori culture, stories belonged collectively to the whānau (extended families), hapū (sub-tribes) or iwi (tribe) and, in any telling of the story, questions arising about authenticity and accountability were moderated by elders. Using Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2003) as a case study, this chapter explores how such issues of accountability and authenticity may be managed through the integration of Indigenous tradition and modernity in the production process and the aesthetic construction of a film destined for global consumption. In response to the difficulty many critics exhibit both in acknowledging Māori participation in the making of Whale Rider and in formulating a reading position that functions beyond a Western positivist orientation, primary research has been undertaken that reveals a mode of intercultural creative collaboration in which dialogic negotiation by (and with) Indigenous people provides an alternative to processes of either cultural domination or utopian synthesis. |
| Book title | Impure Cinema: Intermedial and Intercultural Approaches to Film |
| Page range | 43-65 |
| Year | 2014 |
| Publisher | I.B. Tauris |
| Publication dates | |
| Published in print | 2014 |
| Published | 24 Oct 2013 |
| Place of publication | New York; London |
| Series | World Cinema Series |
| ISBN | 9781780765112 |
| 9781780765105 | |
| 9780857734495 | |
| 9780857723062 | |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/impure-cinema-9781780765105/ |